Useful Links
Family Life
This page has links to a number of resources: family leave policies, childcare resources, pregnancy and parenting fund, government assistance programs for healthcare and energy assistance.
Graduate Student Spouse and Partner Network Health Related Resources
Easy access to information on counseling, wellness initiatives, graduate therapy groups, and the inner resources room.
This is a direct link to the Aetna site specifically for Notre Dame students. It includes the insurance plan policies, DocLink, and health care records.
Low cost dental hygiene care (cleanings and x-rays).
Other Quality of Life Resources
This GradLife page lists options for on and off campus resources. Link will need to be updated as options change, but for now it also has links to other websites that list numerous off-campus resources with a range of prices.
Notre Dame Office of Institutional Equity / Title IX Services
Where to turn for help in instances of sexual / discriminatory harassment.
Notre Dame Disability Services
Of use for students with disabilities and for instructors; includes information on how to register for accommodations and how to help students with disabilities.
International Student and Scholar Affairs
Resources for international students, including visa information and a variety of student support services for individuals and families.
Includes graduate-student specific programs and support.
Community organization dedicated to supporting the Michiana LGBTQ community and allies.
Grad-student led group promoting a healthy LGBTQ community within Notre Dame and the surrounding area.
Course / Research Resources
Dissertation / Thesis Submission Guidelines
Summer Tuition Scholarship Application
Graduate Student Appeal Procedure
Appeal form for graduate student grievances.
Graduate Student Union (GSU) homepage
Notre Dame Graduate Student Life
Has lots of links to different resources on campus and off. Ultimately more helpful than the GSU page, but maybe important to have both.
Professional Development / Funding
Internal Funding Opportunities
Professional Development Events
TravelND
TravelND Guide for Graduate Students
This is how all student reimbursement is filed for research trips, grants, etc.
Community
Events in downtown South Bend and elsewhere in the city.
South Bend Tribune’s event guide for the Michiana area.
Online and paper publication with information for local food, farms, and gardening resources.
Group with information on local places for hiking, camping, etc. Organizes frequent events year-round.